Publications

  • Sousa, F. M., Fernandes, B. and Pereira, M. M. (2023) The protein family of pyruvate:quinone oxidoreductases: amino acid sequence conservation and taxonomic distribution Biochim. Biophys. Acta – Bioenergetics 1864, 148958 DOI 10.1016/j.bbabio.2023.14895
  • Sousa, F. M., Pires, P., Refojo, P. N., Barreto, A., Silva, M., Fernandes, P., Carapeto, A. P., Robalo. T. T., Rodrigues, M. S., Pinho, M., Cabrita, E. J. and Pereira, M. M. (2023) Unveiling the membrane bound dihydroorotate: Quinone oxidoreductase from Staphylococcus aureus. Biochim. Biophys. Acta – Bioenergetics, 1864, 148948 DOI 10.1016/j.bbabio.2022.148948
  • Calisto, F. and Pereira, M. M. (2021) The Ion-Translocating NrfD-Like Subunit of Energy-Transducing Membrane Complexes. Front. Chem. 9. DOI 10.3389/fchem.2021.663706
  • Calisto, F., Sousa, F. M., Sena, F. V., Refojo, P. N. and Pereira, M. M. (2021) Mechanisms of Energy Transduction by Charge Translocating Membrane Proteins. Chem. Rev. 121, 1804–1844. DOI 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00830
  • Sousa, F. M., Refojo, P. N. and Pereira, M. M. (2021) Investigating the amino acid sequences of membrane bound dihydroorotate:quinone oxidoreductases (DHOQOs): Structural and functional implications. Biochim. Biophys. Acta – Bioenerg. 1862, 148321. DOI 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148321
  • ​Sousa, F. M., Lima, L. M. P., Arnarez, C., Pereira, M. M. and Melo, M. N. (2021) Coarse-Grained Parameterization of Nucleotide Cofactors and Metabolites: Protonation Constants, Partition Coefficients, and Model Topologies. J. Chem. Inf. Model.61, 335–346. DOI 10.1021/acs.jcim.0c01077
  • Refojo, P. N., Sena, F. V., Calisto, F., Sousa, F. M. and Pereira, M. M. (2019) The plethora of membrane respiratory chains in the phyla of life. in Advances in Microbial Physiologyvol. 74, 331–414. DOI 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2019.03.002
  • Sousa, F. M., Pereira, J. G., Marreiros, B. C. and Pereira,  M. M. (2018) Taxonomic distribution, structure/function relationship and metabolic context of the two families of sulfide dehydrogenases: SQR and FCSD. Biochim. Biophys. Acta – Bioenerg. 1859, 742-753. DOI 10.1016/j.bbabio.2018.04.004
  • Sousa, J. S., Calisto, F., Langer, J., Mills, D., Refojo, P. N., Teixeira, M., Kuhlbrant, W., Vonck, J. and Pereira M. M. (2018) Structural basis for energy transduction by respiratory alternative complex III. Nat. Commun. 1728. DOI 10.1038/s41467-018-04141-8
  • Gutierrez-Sanz, O., Forbrig, E., Batista, A. P., Pereira, M. M., Salewski, J., Mroginski, M. A., Goetz, R., De Lacey, A. L., Kozuch, J. and Zebger, I. (2018) Catalytic Activity and Proton Translocation of Reconstituted Respiratory Complex I Monitored by Surface-enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy. Langmuir. 34, 5703–5711. DOI 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b04057
  • ​Stevanović, S., Perdih, A., Senćanski, M., Glišić, S., Duarte, M., Tomás, A. M., Sena,  F. V., Sousa, F. M., Pereira, M. M., Solmajer, T. (2018) In Silico Discovery of a Substituted 6-Methoxy-quinalidine with Leishmanicidal Activity in Leishmania infantum. Molecules. 23, 772. DOI 10.3390/molecules23040772
  • Sena, F. V., Sousa, F. M., Oliveira, A. S., Soares, C. M., Catarino, T. and Pereira M. M. (2018) Regulation of the mechanism of Type-II NADH: Quinone oxidoreductase from S. aureus. Redox Biol. 16, 209-214. DOI 10.1016/j.redox.2018.02.004
  • Refojo, P. N., Sena, F. V., Calisto, F., Sousa, F. M. & Pereira, M. M. (2019) The plethora of membrane respiratory chains in the phyla of life. in Advances in Microbial Physiologyvol. 74, 331–414. DOI 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2019.03.002
  • Sousa, F. M., Sena, F. V., Batista, A. P., Athayde, D., Brito, J. A., Archer, M. Oliveira, A. S., Soares, C. M., Catarino, T. and  Pereira, M. M. (2017) The key role of glutamate 172 in the mechanism of type II NADH:quinone oxidoreductase of Staphylococcus aureus.​ Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1858, 823-832. DOI 10.1016/j.bbabio.2017.08.002
  • Sousa, F. M., Sena, F. V., Batista, A. P., Athayde, D., Brito, J. A., Archer, M. Oliveira, A. S., Soares, C. M., Catarino, T. and  Pereira, M. M. (2017) The key role of glutamate 172 in the mechanism of type II NADH:quinone oxidoreductase of Staphylococcus aureus.​ Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1858, 823-832. DOI 10.1515/hsz-2016-0323
  • Refojo, P. N., Calisto, F., Ribeiro, M. A., Teixeira, M. and Pereira, M. M. (2017) The monoheme cytochrome c subunit of Alternative Complex III is a direct electron donor to caa3 oxygen reductase in Rhodothermus marinus Biol. Chem. 398, 1037-1044. DOI 10.1515/hsz-2016-0323
  • Marreiros, B. C., Sena, F. V., Sousa, F. M., Oliveira, A. S. F., Soares, C. M., Batista, A. P. and Pereira, M. M. (2017) Structural and Functional insights into the catalytic mechanism of Type II NADH:quinone oxidoreductases family. Sci. Rep. 7, 42303. DOI 10.1038/srep42303
  • Salewski, J., Batista, A. P., Sena, F. V., Millo, D., Zebger, I., Pereira, M. M. and Hildebrandt, P. (2016) Substrate-Protein Interactions of Type II NADH:quinone Oxidoreductase from Escherichia coli. Biochemistry. 55, 2722-2734. DOI 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00070
  • Marreiros, B. C., Sena, F. V., Sousa, F. M., Batista, A. P. and *Pereira, M. M. (2016) Type II NADH:Quinone oxidoreductase family: Phylogenetic distribution, Structural diversity and Evolutionary divergences. Environ. Microbiol. 18, 4697-4709. DOI 10.1111/1462-2920.13352
  • Marreiros, B. C., Calisto, F., Castro, P. J., Duarte, A. M., Sena, F. V., Silva, A. F., Sousa, F. M., Teixeira ,M., Refojo, P. N. and Pereira, M. M. (2016) Exploring membrane respiratory chains. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1857, 1039-67. DOI 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.03.028
  • ​Castro, P. J., Silva, A. F., Marreiros, B. C., Batista, A. P. and Pereira, M. M. (2016) Respiratory complex I: A dual relation with H+ and Na+? Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1857, 928-37. DOI 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.12.008
  • Sena, F. V., Batista, A. P., Catarino, T., Brito, J. A., Archer, M., Viertler, M., Madl, T. Cabrita, E. J. and Pereira, M. M. (2015) Type-II NADH: quinone oxidoreductase from Staphylococcus aureus has two distinct binding sites and is rate limited by quinone reduction. Mol. Micro. 98, 272-288. Cover highlight. DOI 10.1111/mmi.13120
  • Rosário, A. L., Sena F. V., Batista, A. P., Athayde, D., Oliveira, T.,  Pereira, M. M., Brito and J. A. Archer, M. (2015) Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis on a NDH-II from the human pathogen S. aureus. Acta Crystallogr. F Struct. Biol. Commun. 71, 477-482. DOI 10.1107/S2053230X15005178